Miller Theatre Opens its Season With the NY Premiere Of PROVING UP

Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts opens its 30th Anniversary 2018-19 Season and launches its new Chamber Opera Commissioning Initiative with the New York Premiere of PROVING UP, adapted from the short story "Proving Up" by Karen Russell.

After triumphing in Washington D.C. and Omaha, composer Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek's newest opera comes to NYC. This haunting tale of a family's pursuit of the American Dream will transform the Miller stage into post-Civil War Nebraska.

Composer Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek thrilled audiences and critics alike in 2016 with the premiere of their opera Breaking the Waves. This dynamic creative duo reunites for Proving Up, a harrowing tale of a family's pursuit of the American Dream set in post-Civil War Nebraska. Miller's 30th Anniversary Season opens with the New York premiere of this chamber opera that is by turns optimistic, exultant, and menacing.